Japan
Scattered over 12 islands, Japan’s Setouchi Triennale offers poignant reflections of local life by the sea
Triennial features more than 200 sculptures and installations scattered across a dozen islands in the region
Artists wade into row over Japanese triennial dedicated to freedom of speech
More than 70 participants including Candice Breitz and Tania Bruguera have signed a statement demanding reopening of Aichi Triennale's exhibition
Lost Art: the mysterious allure of Japan’s Three Sacred Treasures
Does the imperial collection really include a mirror of wisdom, a sword of valour, and a jewel of benevolence gifted from the gods?
Manga and Camp: the art of going over the top
We talk about Manga, the subject of the British Museum's huge new show, and we explore the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition Camp: Notes on Fashion. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
New Japanese art prize chooses inaugural emerging artist winners ahead of $1 million award
Chinese new media artist Cheng Ran and US artist Cameron Rowland receive $100,000 Nomura Emerging Artist Awards with world’s biggest art prize to be announced in October
Van Gogh’s most important painting leaves Europe for the first time
National Gallery’s Sunflowers heads to Japan where it is likely to be seen by around a million people
National Gallery in London to send Van Gogh's Sunflowers to Japan
Exhibition with 60 other loans from the museum will help celebrate the Tokyo Olympics in 2020
How Van Gogh's Starry Night was inspired by Hokusai’s Great Wave
A great admirer of Japanese prints, the whorls of brushstrokes in Vincent's night sky could have been partly suggested by a turbulent sea
Painting of courtesan by Kitagawa Utamaro—who influenced the Impressionists—goes on show for first time
Hanging scroll by the shunga master will be displayed in the British Museum’s revamped Japanese galleries
From armour to the A-bomb: British Museum's Japanese collection goes back on show
Japan galleries refurbished under new ten-year partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation
Pierre Alechinsky and Fujiko Nakaya win £100,000 Japanese Praemium Imperiale art prize
Cobra group co-founder and fog sculpture pioneer among five laureates given the prestigious annual award
Van Gogh in Japan: research uncovers a two-way affair
Survey of Dutch master’s admiration for, and influence on, Japanese art is most ambitious yet
Books, Anna Jackson, Japanese country textiles
A visually rich if somewhat repetitive account
Interview with Jonathan Meese: "I am the samurai of art”
The German artist explains why he puts aggression and provocation centre stage—along with his mum
“I’ve never installed my work in such an exotic environment”: Interview with Yayoi Kusama
The Japanese artist speaks about her Miami exhibition
Murakami to launch art fair Geisai in Basel next year
The Japanese art festival's new edition will be well placed to offer exposure to emerging stars
French museum sends Léger, Picasso and Modigliani on tour of Japan
Japanese enjoy art more than French, says curator of Lille Métropole Museum of Modern Art
National Museum of Iran exhibition to tour five Japanese cities
The costs of bringing "Iranian splendour" overseas will be covered by the Japanese royal family
These are the Japanese artists in the international league
Two have already broken the $1 million barrier, and auction prices are rising
Japan returns looted Paul Klee watercolour
A Kyoto museum has accepted “symbolic” payment for restituting a work of art
Shinwa auction house plans expansion into Impressionist market
Leading “open” auction house seeks financing, wants to sell major paintings
Fears of a crackdown after the handover turns out to have been exaggerated, but the picture in Hong Kong is far from rosy
Hard times on Hollywood Road
The life of Goro Sakamoto part IV
The distinguished antique dealer recounts how he became a black marketeer
Sainsbury's wedding present to fund Japanese cultural studies in East Anglia
Sir Robert and Lady Sainsbury sell major Modigliani
Edo-period art at the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
From the ukiyo-e prints popular culture to the armour of the Shogun, this exhibition delves into the many strands of Edo period art and culture
Collectors dormant at first edition of the Tokyo International Art Fair due to limping economy
Stock market crashes and earthquakes shake but collectors were not so lively
Providing a service to forty-five museums: Entwhistle & Co. brokers the sale of modern and contemporary work in Japan
The pioneering company find that patience is the key to success in Japan
Japanese barter the restoration of Urbino’s walls in exchange for a Raphael exhibition
Florence's soprintendente has described the proposal as “blackmail”
US returns bell taken as trophy of war to Japan
The temple bell was taken from a Japanese island by American marines at the end of World War II
Alain Delon collection auction: Delon sells a Modigliani “to buy a super Modigliani”
Japanese buyers come away with large proportion of lots